Søren Ulrik Pedersen & The Swings. The deigner behind X2 table (Table trestle for SUP private collection 2006) Søren Ulrik Pedersen (1961) has a heart of wood.
A skilled cabinetmaker and a graduate from the Danish Design School, his SUP Design studio has carved a name for itself with furniture, trade fair decoration and interior design. Danish designer trained as cabinetmaker at Wulff’s furniture firm in Hellerup in 1985. After completing his apprenticeship he continued his education at Danmarks Designskole, graduating as a furniture designer in 1990. He has a functionalist approach and bases his products on the goal of promoting close interpersonal relations.
SWINGTIME ”You don’t lose your swing because you grow old, you grow old because you lose your swing,” as Søren Ulrik Petersen puts it. SWINGTIME was on view during the September's MAISON & Objet echibition in Paris SWING LOW/ Cradle in wool, for SE exhibition "Silence is luxury" 1998. Giving thanks for some weird new needle felt friends. I don't know "what" he is but I bet he would give good hugs with such long arms .
He has a deep purple bottom and lots of super soft light brown alpaca and silk "fur" which takes forever to root in but feels so good . As you may have noticed, I also bought some giant eyes . He's about 12 inches tall and a pound or so of wool . (Not sure how accurate my scale is right now . ) It's not easy to tell from this picture, but this is my largest sculpture since my dragon . Malene Kaae Design: Etsy Feature - Meet Fingtoys. I would like to introduce you to a very talented Etsian, Fingtoys. Her felt art toys are just amazing. Hi, I am Natalie, the artist behind FingToys.
3-D Feltmaking with a Cardboard Resist. There are many different approaches to making three dimensional objects out of felt.
The object can be hollow like a hat or stuffed like a doll. It can be made of solid wool, with a soft or hard center. Felting News « Itto's Living Faith. Some pictures from the last two felting-group meetings; a whole lot of handmade love… While cleaning up the house, I always find a lot of “stuff” in my children’s room: broken pieces of plastic-cars, destroyed toys and a lot of nothing (undefined little things that maybe once have been something).
That always makes me sad and thinking about the throw-away-society we have become over the last century and it makes me wishing for a more sustainable living and for striving to more conscious consumption and for better manners in our own little life. How much more beauty is in handmade and natural things, how much more soul, love and meaning in good quality work! I am not just talking about toys, no, about nearly everything such as furniture, food, clothes, household objects and so on… All that cheap (or even not so cheap) factory-made-plastic-stuff, all the synthetic clothes, the precooked and chemically-processed food, this all is just not good!
Needle Felting Instructions - How to Needle Felt - Needle Felting Tips. Needle felting is a quick and easy way to add embellishment to plain felted knitting.
From simple lines like this tutorial shows to shapes and more complex designs, needle felting is a great way to add a little more interest to plain felting. What needle felting does is fuse another layer of fiber (be it wool roving, wool yarn, or another piece of felt) onto the base fiber or felted fabric. The same technique can be used to make felted shapes, but for our purposes as knitters working the fiber into a base fabric is the most common use.
To begin needle felting you'll need to gather a few supplies, all of which should be available at your local craft store: Nuno felting: What is it? - by Cindy Hartzell. Cindy Hartzell's image for: "Nuno Felting what is it" Caption: Location: Image by: Nuno felting is simply laminated fabric made with felted wool and other fabrics.
Although traditional felt has been around for ages, Nuno felting is a relatively new process and can be traced back to the early 90s, when Polly Stirling first developed the technique for laminating wool on to lightweight fabrics, such as silk and cotton gauze. "Nuno" is actually the Japanese word for fabric, so Polly used the Japanese word to distinguish her felt, which is laminated to other fabrics from more traditional felting and fulling techniques. Before trying your first Nuno felting project, you should understand the properties of wool, and realize how felting happens. Try a simple Nuno felted scarf as your first project. 1.) 2.) 3.) Feltmaking - All Fiber Arts. Cashmere Yarns - All Fiber Arts. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing, by Watson Smith, F.C.S., F.I.C..
A brief history of felt making for traditional Mongolian yurts. Felt making - a lost Art Ulaantaij - Bringing Mongolia to the World For thousands of years man has practised his ingenious methods of turning the fleece of the sheep into warm clothing.
Loom and spinning wheel have come to stand as the symbols of these skills. Another find consisting of a piece of felt from a barrow at Behringen in the Soltau district of Hanover and preserved at the Berlin State Museum until the last war is thought to have been produced about 1200 B.C. There are many references to the use of felt in Greece in classical authors, from Homer onwards. developed.
Graves left by the Huns in northern Mongolia and dating from the third and fourth centuries of our era have yielded carpets and patterned blankets of felt adorned with elaborate designs in brilliant colours. The art of felt making, too, harks back to earliest times. Feltmaking - historical felt through the ages. CRAFTSWOMEN - Exhibition of the NCN Project. How to Felt Sweaters. June 23rd, 2008 Email 168 users recommend A whole lot of felted sweaters, ready for crafting!
Read the label when you shop for thrift-store sweaters. Only animal fibers will felt. Photos by Diane Gilleland Some sweaters are thin and drapey after felting, and some are very thick. The sweater on the left is not felted. Tutorial - Wet Felt Making for Beginners (rosiepink) Hello!
This tutorial has been updated (as of March 2012) Please click here for the new version This tutorial will show you how to make a basic piece of flat felt. Anyone can make felt – it’s easy. To start, all you need is some inexpensive equipment: Wet felting pictorial tutorial by Snow Queen · Felting.